by Rainier on Dec. 5, 2006 @ 2:31 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Virtua Tennis 3 gives gamers the opportunity to experience new levels of realism never thought possible on a home console system with enhanced photo-realistic graphics and advanced player animations that perfectly match the behaviour and mannerisms of individual professional players.
by Rainier on Dec. 4, 2006 @ 12:27 p.m. PST | Filed under
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NBA Street series expands on the fast-paced and larger-than-life 3-on-3 basketball gameplay, creating a hyper-real world that merges legendary courts with the hometown courts of your favorite NBA stars into one seamless city of streetball moments.
by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 5:04 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Virtua Tennis 3 gives gamers the opportunity to experience new levels of realism never thought possible on a home console system with enhanced photo-realistic graphics and advanced player animations that perfectly match the behaviour and mannerisms of individual professional players.
by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 3:41 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Armored Core 4 will allow you to create your own mech from a few hundred components, including color, to give it an exclusive looks. Successfully completing missions, and purchase even more powerful parts to make your mech stronger.
by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 7:40 a.m. PST | Filed under
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SKATE will deliver the feel of skating through innovative controls, authentic cameras and a fully reactive skateboarding city. The game features professional skaters such as Danny Way and PJ Ladd, as well as a reactive city and relevant in-game cameras that capture and deliver the most authentic skateboard videogame experience to date.
by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 7:11 a.m. PST | Filed under
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NBA Street series expands on the fast-paced and larger-than-life 3-on-3 basketball gameplay, creating a hyper-real world that merges legendary courts with the hometown courts of your favorite NBA stars into one seamless city of streetball moments.
by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 6:39 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In a surprising turn of event, Sony Japan released an announcement that Gran Turismo HD will launch in retail stores, but instead as a free downloadable demo through the PlayStation Store. Shifting development focus to GT 5 instead, the demo, only confirmed for Japan, will be released on December 24th and include ten cars, two layouts of a single track, Time Attack and Drift Trial modes, with an online Network Ranking feature.
by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 1:09 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Full Auto 2: Battlelines is a combat-racing game putting high-speed vehicles outfitted with weapons and armor into fully realized and fully destructible urban street environments. SEGA announced that Full Auto 2: Battlelines has officially gone gold and will release in North America on December 7, 2006.
by Rainier on Nov. 30, 2006 @ 9:09 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Cipher Complex, the first completely original title from Edge of Reality, is an intense, cinematic military combat game that will deliver a brutal shot of adrenaline straight to the hearts of next-generation gamers.
by Rainier on Nov. 30, 2006 @ 4:56 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In an
interview with Bloomberg, Namco Bandai President Takeo Takasu reveals that developing for the PS3 comes at a hefty price. In order to turn a profit, Takeo estimates a game needs to sell 500,000 copies worldwide, as graphics for the HD games cost about 1 billion yen ($8.6 million) to create, more than double that for Wii titles. Numbers that are quite staggering considering that Ridge Racer 7 and Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire each sold a mere 22,000 copies in Japan.
by Rainier on Nov. 28, 2006 @ 3:13 p.m. PST | Filed under
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NBA Street series expands on the fast-paced and larger-than-life 3-on-3 basketball gameplay, creating a hyper-real world that merges legendary courts with the hometown courts of your favorite NBA stars into one seamless city of streetball moments.
by Rainier on Nov. 28, 2006 @ 2:51 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Theseis, Greek for opinion or idea, is a new conspiracy-fantasy adventure game where players are caught between the mundane and the supernatural, following the clues of a long-lost ancient artifact that could spell disaster or ascension for the entire human race, only you will determine the outcome.
by Rainier on Nov. 27, 2006 @ 6:45 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Gran Turismo HD serves as a glimpse into the evolution of the franchise and provides gamers with two types of game modes that offer an unparalleled racing experience suited for the next-generation of gaming.
by Rainier on Nov. 27, 2006 @ 4:06 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Killzone II is a squad-based, first-person shooter, set in the near future during a period of planetary colonization, capturing the intense reality of warfare between the ISA Command and a ruthless, militaristic separatist faction called the Helghast. Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant recently visited Guerilla Games and during an interview
it was revealed that Killzone 2 will receive additional, downloadable, chapters after initial launch to extend/continue the story line.
by Andrew Hayward on Nov. 26, 2006 @ 11:44 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Rogue Warrior, developed by Zombie Studios, is a story-driven tactical FPS putting you in the boots of a Navy SEAL who leads a team behind enemy lines in North Korea on a covert mission to assess the threat posed by the country's nuclear arsenal. Bethesda PR guru Pete Hines sheds some light on the recently announced new title ...
by Rainier on Nov. 24, 2006 @ 5:17 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Devil May Cry 4 is the fourth installment in Capcom's series starring Dante, the gunslinging demon hunter. DMC4 will introduce a new hero, Nero, who possesses a demonic arm that can pull in enemies or use them as projectiles.
by Rainier on Nov. 23, 2006 @ 12:03 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Gran Turismo HD serves as a glimpse into the evolution of the franchise and provides gamers with two types of game modes that offer an unparalleled racing experience suited for the next-generation of gaming.
by Rainier on Nov. 23, 2006 @ 11:07 a.m. PST | Filed under
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3D game engine developer Trinigy announced the conclusion of a Tools & Middleware License Agreement for PS3 with Sony, thus its Vision Game Engine will become available for PS3 game titles and can be licensed by companies from all over the world.
by Rainier on Nov. 23, 2006 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Dark Sector is Digital Extreme's new sci-fi/action game. Not many details are available at this point so these new screens will have to speak for themselves.
by Rainier on Nov. 22, 2006 @ 2:12 p.m. PST | Filed under
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MotorStorm delivers brutal off-road racing, plunging players into a stunningly realistic - but frenzied and chaotic - environment awash with grit, mud and petrol, in a game that leaves the standard rules of racing in the dust.
by Rainier on Nov. 22, 2006 @ 5:07 a.m. PST | Filed under
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KOEI announced that two of its previously PS3 exclusive titles Fatal Inertia, and Bladestorm: The Hundred Year's War are now also headed towards the X360, launching worldwide March 2007. Fatal Inertia will support 4 player online racing through Xbox Live.
by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2006 @ 3:33 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Armored Core 4 will allow you to create your own mech from a few hundred components, including color, to give it an exclusive looks. Successfully completing missions, and purchase even more powerful parts to make your mech stronger.
by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2006 @ 4:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Fatal Inertia mixes street racing, demolition derbies and rallying with a futuristic setting where machines no longer need wheels and the laws of physics govern all. The sport is called Inertia and it's one that offers a heady mix of speed, combat and real world environments that can be used to make your victory and break your opponents. Originally scheduled as luanch title, KOEI has pushed it back until Feb. 2007.
by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2006 @ 2:51 a.m. PST | Filed under
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The PlayStation Network (PSN) allows every PS3 user to experience the built-in broadband connectivity capabilities assuring immediate access to the PSN with free services including network gaming, access to the PlayStation Store, web browsing, friend chat, and more.
by Rainier on Nov. 20, 2006 @ 12:14 p.m. PST | Filed under
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The PS3 craze will most likely not quiet down for a few more months, but a 20-year-old scalper from LA Palma, Calif. had his share. The unidentified victim offered two PS3s for sale for $5,000 on Craig's List, and agreed to meet his buyers at 1AM, early Monday morning, at a local McDonald's parking lot. The "customers" showed up, but instead of completing the transaction, the scalper was attacked with pepper spray, mugged and robbed of his two PS3s, after which has assailants took off on foot.